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Bader, Thomas Karl. "Adaptability and structural design of stadia." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988777428/04.
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Mouilek, Sabrina (Sabrina Marie). "Design for adaptability and deconstruction (DfAD)." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53070.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60).
Buildings are static elements in a dynamic environment characterized by fast changing needs and evolving environmental, social, and economic standards. Thus, today challenge for structural design through Design for Adaptability and Deconstruction (DfAD) is to create buildings that are flexible enough to answer these needs. This thesis analyses DfAD for building structures and presents three case studies: a tent, a structure with prefabricated panellised systems, and a container building. The key arguments that justify DfAD are the negative environmental impact of the current structures; the life cycle of a building; the changes expected from buildings; and the cost incentive of this design. DfAD is a combination of design approaches that deal with the different scales of a structure. The fundamental tools to achieve DfAD are the connections, the type of structure, and the use of prefabricated systems. This thesis shows that standardization and layer-and-module modelling are essential to achieve a sustainable structural design. Three case studies present the structural features and the applications of this design approach.
by Sabrina Mouilek.
M.Eng.
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Fernandez, Martin Ismael. "Valuation of design adaptability in aerospace systems." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22584.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Chair: Dr. Mavris, Dimitri; Committee Member: Dr. Hollingsworth, Peter; Committee Member: Dr. McMichael, Jim; Committee Member: Dr. Saleh, Joseph; Committee Member: Dr. Schrage, Daniel.
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Schmidt, Robert. "Designing for adaptability in architecture." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/16211.
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The research is framed on the premise that designing buildings that can adapt by accommodating change easier and more cost-effectively provides an effective means to a desired end a more sustainable built environment. In this context, adaptability can be viewed as a means to decrease the amount of new construction (reduce), (re)activate underused or vacant building stock (reuse) and enhance disassembly/ deconstruction of components (reuse, recycle) - prolonging the useful life of buildings (reduce, reuse, recycle). The aim of the research is to gain a holistic overview of the concept of adaptability in the construction industry and provide an improved framework to design for, deploy and implement adaptability. An over-arching research question was posited to guide the inquiry: how can architects understand, communicate, design for and test the concept of adaptability in the context of the design process? The research followed Dubois and Gadde s (2002) systematic combining as an over-arching approach that continuously moves between the empirical world and theoretical models allowing the co-evolution of data collection and theory from the beginning as part of a non-linear process with the objective of matching theory with reality. An initial framework was abducted from a preliminary collection of data from which a set of mixed research methods was deployed to explore adaptability (interviews, building case studies, dependency structural matrices, practitioner surveys and workshop). Emergent from the data is an expanded and revised theory on designing for adaptability consisting of concepts, models and propositions. The models illustrate many of the casual links between the physical design structure of the building (e.g. plan depth, storey height) and the soft contingencies of a messy design/construction/occupation process (e.g. procurement route, funding methods, stakeholder mindsets). In an effort to enhance building adaptability, the abducted propositions suggest a shift in the way the industry values buildings and conducts aspects of the design process and how designer s approach designing for adaptability.
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Andresen, Katja. "Design and use patterns of adaptability in enterprise systems /." Berlin : Gito-Verl, 2006. http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz259788961inh.pdf.
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Manewa, R. M. A. S. "Economic considerations for adaptability in buildings." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9457.
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The existing buildings in the UK are not designed to be functionally adaptive to fit a spectrum of purposes. Alternatively, scrapping these buildings and building anew does not appear to be an economically viable and environmentally sustainable solution either. Proactive solutions to respond to future potential changes of use are rare in previous and current building designs, which ultimately make these buildings functionally redundant. At present, curiosity about adaptable buildings is spreading among owners, developers and policy makers; however, no detailed investigation has been undertaken to identify the economic costs and benefits of adaptability in new buildings. Thus, the present endeavour was designed to bridge this gap. The research exploited both case studies and survey designs to explore the answers to the above problem. Two case studies were undertaken to establish that building changes occur over time, as well as to assess their economic implications in the current built environment at both macro and micro levels. Three web-based surveys (WBS) were designed and circulated among quantity surveyors and architects of the 100 leading consultancy practices in the UK to identify both the design and economic aspects of adaptability in buildings. The total numbers of respondents to WBS1, WBS2 and WBS3 were 13, 32 and 42, respectively. In addition, data was collected from semi-structured interviews with two policy makers, two structural engineers, a quantity surveyor and a facilities manager. Unstructured interviews with a senior planner, a project manager, two architects and a services engineer were used to clarify the issues of design and planning for adaptability in buildings. The findings were interwoven to develop a conceptual framework to identify the economic considerations for adaptability in new buildings. Two workshops were undertaken with the industry partners for the Adaptable Futures research project to verify the results obtained from the case studies and to test the usability of the developed conceptual framework. The group members had multi-disciplinary backgrounds of architecture, quantity surveying and structural engineering, allowing a robust grounding for verification. The results contribute to the body of knowledge in two ways. Firstly, the developed conceptual framework identifies the economic considerations (costs and benefits) for change of use in buildings within the wider context of adaptability over the lifecycle aspects. This will assist owners/clients and developers in their economic decisions for designing new buildings for potential adaptations. Secondly, the research findings strengthen the reliability of the existing body of knowledge whilst confirming the urgent need for designing new buildings towards potential adaptations. In addition, the findings strongly emphasise plan depth and floor to ceiling height as the most influential design parameters for building change of use, the details of which are not highlighted in the previous literature.
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Liu, Yunhui. "Hierarchical modularization and dual-domain formation for product adaptability." Development of an open-architecture electric vehicle using adaptable design, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32027.
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Product adaptability is the capability to adjust a product by adding/replacing its constitu-ents for different applications. To acquire this capability, a product should be a modular structure that can form different modular combinations. The purpose of this thesis is pro-posing a design method to develop such products. The method includes the following characteristics: a product essentially implements its applications by providing proper ac-tions/reactions to interact with its surrounding conditions; such actions/reactions can be used to develop the subsystems of a product by building energy-flow or force-path con-nections; optional modules can be separated from the subsystems that contain optional applications; all modules are arranged as an open architecture to provide space and inter-face for each optional module; and each module is endued with the principal content of actions/reactions, inside energy flows or force paths, space, and interfaces constraints, so that it can be physically formed through a dual-domain formation process. Following this method, a multi-purpose electric vehicle (MEV) is developed. Adaptability Efficacy (AE) is proposed to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method.February 2017
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Potts, I. W. "An object-oriented design environment for software reuse and adaptability." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.277882.
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Ruskeepää, Laura A. Delaney (Laura Ashley Delaney). "Adaptation and adaptability : expectant design for resilience in coastal urbanity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65551.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011.Page 198 blank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-197).
What is the nature of and possibility for urban resiliency through adaptation? Adaptation implies responsiveness to phenomena that are disruptive to a system's functioning; it is a willful evolution in response to changed circumstances. Adaptation occurs in cities when an event or fluctuation provokes a re-figuring towards new conditions or hazards. Considering current environmental and systemic changes in coastal post-industrial cities, this thesis explores adaptation and adaptability's form and function therein. Building on a history of adaptive design and natural hazards research, expectant design uses concepts of specificity, incrementality, participation, and phasing in design for urban adaptability. Expectant design employs flexible architectural and urbanistic strategies in response to climate change hazards and harbor redevelopment. Helsinki's new Kalasatama district is used as a testing ground for the development of adaptive design in coastal cities that are undergoing accelerating environmental change and demands for capacity. The design components of the adaptation armature illustrate a scheme that is incremental, flexible, expectant and public. Design arrives at an adaptation strategy that is implemented in a phased and open process, and that addresses the necessary adaptability involved in climate change adaptation strategies.
by Laura A. Delaney Ruskeepää.
S.M.
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Damdere, Ekin. "Adaptability Of Generative Algorithms: A Means To Sustaining The Dynamic Design Processes." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612666/index.pdf.
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This thesis is an investigation focusing on the adaptability of generative systems in a
dynamic design problem, where the problem definition changes according to the
changing conditions of the environment and transforming needs of the architectural
space. This thesis, instead of discussing the dynamicity of the design processes,
investigates the use of an adaptable generative system in a case-specific dynamic
design problem to sustain its changing problem definitions. The research mainly
looks into the potentials of generative systems in terms of adaptability and develops
a generative system that is able to transform its structure in accordance with the
dynamic constraints of a complex design process.
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Hellgren, Rachel K. "Designing for Museum Relevancy: Improving Innovation and Adaptability in Museum Management with Design Thinking." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429521944.
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Rodríguez, Rodríguez Verónica. "Software Design Model for Adaptability and Adaptivity of Learning Objects Interfaces." Thesis, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, 2012. http://catarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/tales/documentos/dsc/rodriguez_r_v/.
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Saavedra, Román Jóse Guillermo. "Disruptive adaptability : a case study in a product development organization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106265.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Enhancing the practice of Product Development has been addressed in multiple works and published in documents of all kind ranging from theses and consultancy studies to papers in specialized journals. Regardless of the focus, either on processes, tools, methods or organizational design what is common is a reactive -"gapflling"-approach. In this work I propose that enhancing the practice of product development is better achieved when it is addressed from a holistic perspective in which either the improvement, optimization or enhancement of the product development practice is in essence an adaptation of the product development organization. Seeing the practice of product development from the adaptability lens, allows us to create enhancements that go beyond the traditional "gap-filling" approach of fixing issues using information from the past, and opens up a broader -yet richer-set of alternatives to design improvements that not only prevent issues to occur but that also are meant to change the game. The main focus of this work is the design of a disruptive adaptation for Ford Motor Company Product Development Organization focused on its capabilities for the development of in-vehicle features which are instrumental in the customer experience that is delivered by Ford automobiles. This design was developed following a systems thinking approach for large complex systems and is aligned to Ford Motor Company objective of changing the way the world moves. The design concept for this disruptive adaptation focuses on elaborating a desired future state of the capabilities to develop an unparalleled customer experience in Ford vehicles. It also considers the future context of a platform-based business model where the automobile is the platform. As starting point, I researched the current state of Ford capabilities for the development of in-vehicle features and realized that the Electronic Control Units (ECUs) of the vehicle play a fundamental role. Then, I used systems modeling tools such as Domain Mapping Matrix (DMM) and Design Structure Matrix (DSM) to understand and quantify the patterns of interaction among vehicle features that occur across all Electronic Component Units (ECUs) of an automobile. Finally I developed a holistic proposal to adapt the strategy, methods, tools and organizational structure that is meant to support Ford Motor Company in its pursuit to disrupt the mobility paradigm.
by Jóse Guillermo Saavedra Román.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Grinnell, Rachael C. "Recipes for low carbon, adaptable design." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/25481.
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The thesis contributes a more lucid understanding of the potential for interaction amongst different facets of sustainability in the context of building design, providing evidence that the assimilation of diverse and often seemingly unconnected aspects of sustainability is not the unassuming process implicit in the current sustainability discourse. Working inductively and with a focus on two sustainable principles (the current UK government sponsored sustainability agenda, low carbon design, and an alternative interpretation, adaptable design, whose literature is framed in a sometimes complementary, at others antagonistic fashion to the former), this thesis develops an understanding of interaction in building design processes, using publically available documentary evidence and a comparative case-study approach. The thesis describes and categorises instances of interaction arising in the twenty-three case study building design processes, demonstrating both the empirical existence of interaction and improving the theoretical conceptualisation beyond basic ideas of synergy and conflict. Interaction is noted as arising from both technical incompatibilities and project actors interpretation of the agendas themselves: a socio-technical issue. The thesis distinguishes multiple approaches adopted by design teams to managing the entanglement encountered. Interpreting these interaction strategies in their case context, factors driving the selection of a particular approach are inductively derived and combined to form a tentative conceptual framework. This framework aides a systematic comparison across project cases, facilitated by the crisp set qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA) technique. Projects are described as configurations of the identified conditions and, by operationalizing interaction in a manner consistent with case study observation and the existing literatures of adaptable and low carbon design, assessed for successfulness in reconciling the agendas. The technique identifies three causal pathways to successful reconciliations of adaptable and low carbon design. Finally, the thesis makes a methodological contribution, through an evaluation of the application of QCA to a novel problem space (socio-technical, project-orientated problems of the built environment). Through the richness of documentary data obtained for study, it also demonstrates the potential effectiveness of documents as primary sources in the field of building design, where they are often relegated to a supporting role.
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Dencker, Kerstin. "An Analysis of the Proactive Approach as a Potential Tool for Adaptability in Production Systems." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-60155.
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Competitive systems for manufacturing, especially assembly systems, have to cope with frequent changes of external as well as internal demands. A proactive behaviour in an assembly system should make it capable of rapid changes and have an ability to handle frequent changes and disturbances. During recent decades several different system theories have occurred of which the majority remained theories never taken to actual production solutions. The thesis presents results from four case studies. It is suggested, that the proactivity of an assembly system is strongly influenced by the system’s ability to change the three parameters: 1) level of automation, 2) level of information, 3) level of competence[l3] (among the operators in a defined work area). Proactivity is not easy to describe. However, this[l4] thesis has taken a step in that direction. A general definition of proactivity is “taking action by causing change towards a state and not only reacting to change when it happens”. Another way to phrase this is "to be anticipatory and taking charge of situations”. Proactivity can be described as the ability of preparation for: - Changes and disturbance during operation; - Planned long-term evolution for a sustainable and perfect production system. Such a system consists of technical components efficiently integrated with human operators and has the ability to handle frequent changes. Proactivity in an assembly system is dependent on the following factors: - Continuous changes; - Mandate to allocate resources; - Mandate to do short term planning. The thesis presents a first model for evaluation of different technical resources that contributes to an overall proactive system behaviour. The model has been published but not yet tested.QC 20120119
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Havenga, Marica. "The relationship between career adaptability and academic achievement in the course of life design counselling." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27244.
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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the relationship between top academic achievement in Grade 12 and certain characteristics of career adaptability. The career construction theory and the counselling model for life designing constituted the theoretical framework for the study. This research study of limited scope was conducted according to an interpretivist metatheoretical paradigm. I followed a qualitative methodological paradigm based on a case study design. Purposive sampling was used to select participants according to their top academic achievement. A very important factor in all case studies is the collection of data from multiple sources. Therefore, data collection methods included the Career Adapt-Abilities Inventory, individual interviews, life line and life story. A deductive style of analysis was used to identify themes (concern, control, curiosity, confidence). Inductive analysis was used to identify subthemes. Based on the findings of the study the salient aspects of career adaptability were established as being concern, control, curiosity and confidence. The importance of career adaptability when negotiating change was demonstrated by participants in their orientation and preparation for the future, making decisions after careful planning and exploration, and seeking information, as well as having confidence in their own ability and choices. Finally the findings of my research study suggest a significant relationship between Grade 12 top academic achievement and certain characteristics of career adaptability. Additionally findings suggest that other variables such as participation in extracurricular activities, gender, race and socioeconomic circumstances should not be excluded and therefore need to be investigated further. CopyrightDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Danko, Micaela R. "Designing Affordable Housing for Adaptability: Principles, Practices, & Application." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/35.
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While environmental and economic sustainability have been driving factors in the movement towards a more resilient built environment, social sustainability is a factor that has received significantly less attention over the years. Federal support for low-income housing has fallen drastically, and the deficit of available, adequate, affordable homes continues to grow. In this thesis, I explore one way that architects can design affordable housing that is intrinsically sustainable. In the past, subsidized low-income housing has been built as if to provide a short-term solution—as if poverty and lack of affordable housing is a short-term problem. However, I argue that adaptable architecture is essential for the design of affordable housing that is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. Further, architects must balance affordability, durability, and adaptability to design sustainable solutions that are resistant to obsolescence. I conclude by applying principles and processes of adaptability in the design of Apto Ontario, an adaptable affordable housing development in the low-income historic downtown of Ontario, California (Greater Los Angeles). Along a new Bus Rapid Transit corridor, Apto Ontario would create a diverse, resilient, socially sustainable community in an area threatened by the rise of housing costs.
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Imbert, Jean-Paul. "Adaptation du design des visualisations de type supervisions pour optimiser la transmission des notifications classées par niveau d’intérêt." Thesis, Toulouse, ISAE, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ESAE0055/document.
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Le contrôle aérien rentre dans une phase de profondes mutations liées à l’augmentation du trafic età l’évolution des outils permettant d’assurer le service. L’augmentation du nombre d’avions gérés parle contrôleur implique un nombre beaucoup plus important qu’auparavant d’informations à traiter etmémoriser ; or une part importante des causes d’incidents est déjà due à des problèmes de perception et demémorisation des informations amplifiées par la taille des écrans de contrôle. Ceux-ci sont particulièrementcritiques dans le cas de la perception des alarmes et des avertissements donnés par le système surla visualisation radar. Le design actuel de ce type d’alertes en France qui n’utilise que la couleur, faitaujourd’hui débat et il a été recommandé dans un bulletin de sécurité aérienne de le faire évoluer. Laperception des informations nécessaires à l’établissement d’une bonne conscience de la situation aériennedes contrôleurs est au centre de cette thèse. L’objet principal de ce travail est d’améliorer la conscience dela situation des contrôleurs en s’assurant que les éléments pertinents à leur disposition dont les alarmessont perçus dans des délais conformes à leur importance et que les actions nécessaires qui en découlentsont bien réalisées. Pour répondre à cette problématique, notre travail s’est porté sur deux axes. Le premierconsiste à étudier la tâche des contrôleurs de façon à analyser les informations nécessaires à la réalisationde certains objectifs et proposer un agent de suivi de la tâche qui pourrait les épauler. Le second porte surla perception des notifications, plus particulièrement en vision périphérique, et la conception de designspropres à améliorer leur perception ainsi que l’étude de leur impact sur la réalisation de la tâche. Grâceà une approche holistique basée sur l’utilisation d’un micro-monde ATC (Laby) et l’utilisation de capteursphysiologiques, nous avons pu évaluer plusieurs designs de notifications. Deux expérimentations ont étéconduites, la première utilisant de l’oculométrie, visait à mesurer le pouvoir attentionnel de cinq designs etleur impact sur la réalisation de la tâche. La seconde, en utilisant des données neurophysiologiques, visaità mesurer l’impact de deux designs sur la charge de travail. Les designs évalués ont servi à concevoir unsystème de notification intégré dans une nouvelle supervision radar qui a été couplé à l’agent de suivi dela tâche. La dernière expérimentation conduite durant ces travaux avait pour objectif d’évaluer l’impact decette nouvelle position de contrôle dont le design est orienté conscience de la situation sur la détection deproblèmes critiques. Les résultats obtenus montrent l’intérêt de ces nouveaux outils et leur impact positifsur la réalisation de la tâche des contrôleurs ainsi que la nécessité d’évaluer dans un contexte expérimentalcontrôlé les caractéristiques des designs de notifications pour les visualisations de supervisionAir traffic control is undergoing a great change due to the increase of traffic and the evolution of thecontrol tools. The greater number of aircrafts managed by the controller implies a much greater load ofinformation to deal with and memorize than before. A significant part of accidents’ causes is already dueto the problem of information perception and memorization which is worsened by the size of the controlscreens which are particularly critical concerning the perception of alarms and warnings displayed onthe radar image. The current design in France of those types of alerts which rely on color is controversialand an Aviation Safety bulletin recommended it should be improved. The perception of informationcontributing to a satisfactory situation awareness by the air traffic controllers is central to this thesis whichaims at making sure alarms and relevant information are detected early enough and according to prioritiesand that the corresponding actions are actually performed. To answer the issue at stake our first work focusdealt with the study of the controllers’ task so as to analyze the required information in order to achievecertain objectives and provide a task monitoring agent that could support them. The second work focusdealt with the notifications perception, more specifically in the peripheral vision and the conception ofdesigns such as to improve their perception and the study of their impact on the performance of the task.Thanks to a holistic approach based on the use of an ATC microworld (Laby) and the use of physiologicalsensors we managed to assess several notification designs. Several experiments have been conducted,one using eye-tracking aimed at measuring attention capacity of five designs and their impact on theperformance of the task. The second used neurophysiologic data and aimed at measuring the impact oftwo designs on the work load. The assessed designs enabled to conceive a notification system integratedin a new radar supervision together with the task monitoring agent. The last experiment conducted in thecourse of this work aimed at measuring the impact of this new position of control whose design is situationawareness oriented, on the detection of critical problems. The obtained results show the relevance ofthese new tools and their positive impact on the performance of the task by controllers as well as the needto assess, in a controlled experimental context, the characteristics of notification designs for supervisionvisualization
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Concatto, Caroline Martins. "Coping with permanent faults in NoCs by using adaptive strategies based on router design-level and routing algorithm-level." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/76242.
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Hoje em dia, as redes intra chip (NoC) são cada vez mais utilizadas como uma arquitetura de comunicação alternativa para sistemas complexos, pois estas permitem flexibilidade e desempenho da comunicação. Porém, o grande número de interconexões da rede, aliado à diminuição das dimensões dos transistores fabricados nas tecnologias nanométricas, fazem com que a NoC possa ter um grande número de falhas durante sua fabricação, ou por desgaste durante sua vida útil. Sabe-se que, em futuras tecnologias os circuitos integrados terão uma taxa de falhas permanentes de 20 a 30%. Entretanto, mesmo na presença de falhas, é desejável que a NoC permaneça funcionando corretamente. A partir do diagnóstico das falhas, a NoC deve ser capaz de buscar alternativas para manter a comunicação entre os núcleos, evitando os canais e os roteadores com falhas. O objetivo deste trabalho é propor mecanismos adaptativos de proteção contra falhas permanentes. Mesmo quando são adicionados componentes extras para a substituição em SoCs, a ocorrência de falhas permanentes na rede intrachip impede a substituição ou reparo de um componente no sistema intrachip. Portanto a tolerância a falhas na NoC será crucial para reduzir custo de manufatura, e aumentar o rendimento e o tempo de vida do circuito integrado. O mecanismo proposto é capaz de evitar falhas sabendo anteriormente, na fase de teste e diagnóstico, a localização especifica da falha. Portanto, as técnicas se adaptam em cada roteador para evitar as falhas permanentes, sempre buscando manter desempenho, aumentar o rendimento e a confiabilidade do sistema.Nowadays, networks-on-chip (NoCs) have been used as an alternative communication architecture inside complex system on-chip. They offer better scalability and performance than the traditional bus. However, the growing number of interconnects that have to be inserted using smaller transistors means that NoCs have a growing number of faults, either from manufacturing or due to aging. In future systems-on-chip (SoCs), the fault rate will be around 20 to 30% of the contact and transistors of integrated circuits. Therefore, even in the presence of a fault, it is still desirable that NoCs properly work. The main idea of this work is to implement adaptive mechanisms to protect NoCs against permanent faults. The main advantage of such mechanism is to manage failures based on data from the testing and diagnosing phase. The mechanisms are adapted in each router in order to sustain performance, increasing the system yield and reliability even in the presence of failures. Even if one adds extra blocks for replacement, the occurrence of permanent faults in a NoC might preclude the replacement or repair of a faulty component within the SoC. In such case, fault-tolerant NoCs are able to reduce manufacturing costs, increase yield and the lifetime of the chip.
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Columbus, Sanford Jillian. "Mobile Exhibition System." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1898.
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Through the development and design of a Mobile Exhibition System (MES) in this thesis, I will demonstrate the benefits and possibilities of a flexible and mobile system within an exhibition environment. A flexible system will be able to adapt to a wide range of content, while at the same time, maintaining a synergy between its form and function. By the reuse and reappropriation of shipping containers as the exhibition envelope, the goal of mobility can be achieved, reaching out to those who might not otherwise experience learning through an exhibition environment.
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Klingshirn, Joseph. "Creating Adaptable Behavioral Health Patient Environments." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427898682.
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Hassan, Eltarras Rami M. "BioSENSE: Biologically-inspired Secure Elastic Networked Sensor Environment." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27790.
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The essence of smart pervasive Cyber-Physical Environments (CPEs) is to enhance the dependability, security and efficiency of their encompassing systems and infrastructures and their services. In CPEs, interactive information resources are integrated and coordinated with physical resources to better serve human users. To bridge the interaction gap between users and the physical environment, a CPE is instrumented with a large number of small devices, called sensors, that are capable of sensing, computing and communicating. Sensors with heterogeneous capabilities should autonomously organize on-demand and interact to furnish real-time, high fidelity information serving a wide variety of user applications with dynamic and evolving requirements. CPEs with their associated networked sensors promise aware services for smart systems and infrastructures with the potential to improve the quality of numerous application domains, in particular mission-critical infrastructure domains. Examples include healthcare, environment protection, transportation, energy, homeland security, and national defense.
To build smart CPEs, Networked Sensor Environments (NSEs) are needed to manage demand-driven sharing of large-scale federated heterogeneous resources among multiple applications and users. We informally define NSE as a tailorable, application agnostic, distributed platform with the purpose of managing a massive number of federated resources with heterogeneous computing, communication, and monitoring capabilities. We perceive the need to develop scalable, trustworthy, cost-effective NSEs. A NSE should be endowed with dynamic and adaptable computing and communication services capable of efficiently running diverse applications with evolving QoS requirements on top of federated distributed resources. NSEs should also enable the development of applications independent of the underlying system and device concerns. To our knowledge, a NSE with the aforementioned capabilities does not currently exist.
The large scale of NSEs, the heterogeneous node capabilities, the highly dynamic topology, and the likelihood of being deployed in inhospitable environments pose formidable challenges for the construction of resilient shared NSE platforms. Additionally, nodes in NSE are often resource challenged and therefore trustworthy node cooperation is required to provide useful services. Furthermore, the failure of NSE nodes due to malicious or non-malicious conditions represents a major threat to the trustworthiness of NSEs. Applications should be able to survive failure of nodes and change their runtime structure while preserving their operational integrity. It is also worth noting that the decoupling of application programming concerns from system and device concerns has not received the appropriate attention in most existing wireless sensor network platforms.
In this dissertation, we present a Biologically-inspired Secure Elastic Networked Sensor Environment (BioSENSE) that synergistically integrates: (1) a novel bio-inspired construction of adaptable system building components, (2) associative routing framework with extensible adaptable criteria-based addressing of resources, and (3) management of multi-dimensional software diversity and trust-based variant hot shuffling. The outcome is that an application using BioSENSE is able to allocate, at runtime, a dynamic taskforce, running over a federated resource pool that would satisfy its evolving mission requirements. BioSENSE perceives both applications and the NSE itself to be elastic, and allows them to grow or shrink based upon needs and conditions.
BioSENSE adopts Cell-Oriented-Architecture (COA), a novel architecture that supports the development, deployment, execution, maintenance, and evolution of NSE software. COA employs mission-oriented application design and inline code distribution to enable adaptability, dynamic re-tasking, and re-programmability. The cell, the basic building block in COA, is the abstraction of a mission-oriented autonomously active resource. Generic cells are spontaneously created by the middleware, then participate in emerging tasks through a process called specialization. Once specialized, cells exhibit application specific behavior. Specialized cells have mission objectives that are being continuously sought, and sensors that are used to monitor performance parameters, mission objectives, and other phenomena of interest.
Due to the inherent anonymous nature of sensor nodes, associative routing enables dynamic semantically-rich descriptive identification of NSE resources. As such, associative routing presents a clear departure from most current network addressing schemes. Associative routing combines resource discovery and path discovery into a single coherent role, leading to significant reduction in traffic load and communication latency without any loss of generality. We also propose Adaptive Multi-Criteria Routing (AMCR) protocol as a realization of associative routing for NSEs. AMCR exploits application-specific message semantics, represented as generic criteria, and adapts its operation according to observed traffic patterns.
BioSENSE intrinsically exploits software diversity, runtime implementation shuffling, and fault recovery to achieve security and resilience required for mission-critical NSEs. BioSENSE makes NSE software a resilient moving target that : 1) confuses the attacker by non-determinism through shuffling of software component implementations; 2) improves the availability of NSE by providing means to gracefully recover from implementation flaws at runtime; and 3) enhances the software system by survival of the fittest through trust-based component selection in an online software component marketplace.
In summary, BioSENSE touts the following advantages: (1) on-demand, online distribution and adaptive allocation of services and physical resources shared among multiple long-lived applications with dynamic missions and quality of service requirements, (2) structural, functional, and performance adaptation to dynamic network scales, contexts and topologies, (3) moving target defense of system software, and (4) autonomic failure recovery.Ph. D.
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Gondim, Cristina. "Critérios para seleção de conexões em mobiliário orientado para adaptabilidade." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/28781.
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Principais investimentos no Design para Adaptabilidade do mobiliário contemporâneo têm envolvido características como multiplicidade de funções, capacidade de atualização, personalização e compartilhamento de componentes. Tais características vêm permitindo a adaptação do mobiliário às rápidas transformações comportamentais e tecnológicas surgidas nos espaços domésticos e de trabalho. As conexões entre componentes do projeto do mobiliário são fortemente responsáveis por sua adaptabilidade tanto na fase criativa como na fase de uso. Esta dissertação parte da hipótese de que o processo de escolha das conexões, hoje pouco estruturado, pode ser feito a partir de métodos que não só estimulem a fase criativa do projeto como também contribuam para ampliar o desempenho adaptativo do mobiliário. Para avaliar diferentes tipos de conexão foram elaborados critérios para identificar o potencial compositivo de arranjos entre componentes (flexibilidade) relacionando-o à gama de funções emergentes (versatilidade). O resultado desta identificação foi testado por especialistas e validado através de ferramenta multicritério (Método Analítico Hierárquico). O teste com especialistas demonstrou que metodologias adotadas para seleção de conexões, quando estruturadas a partir de objetivos de projeto, podem aumentar o potencial de adaptabilidade e, ao mesmo tempo converterem-se em valioso apoio ao Design do mobiliário contemporâneo.Manufacturers of contemporary furniture have made significant investments in the Design for Adaptability, particularly in the development of characteristics such as the multiplicity of functions, updating, customization and the share of components. These investments increased the potential of contemporary furniture to adapt to the observed transformations of behavior in domestic and working spaces. The adaptation has been made possible thanks to role played by the development of different types of connections between furniture components. This dissertation departs from the Idea that today’s processes involving the choice of connections are poorly structured and can be improved with a support decision’s methodology. This upgrade may well lead to the increment of creative attitudes during design process and to the development of higher levels of response to adaptability requests in furniture design. In order to evaluate and to select amidst the different types of connections a set of criteria were designed as to identify number of potential arrays of components (flexibility) and correlating this potential to the possible number of emergent functions (versatility). The result of this identification has been tested by specialists and then validated by a multicriteria method (AHP). The test with specialists confirmed that structured methodologies can be successfully used to improve the Design for Adaptability and, at the same time, constitute a valuable tool for the contemporary furniture’s Design.
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Stumm, Sven Christoph [Verfasser], Sigrid Akademischer Betreuer] Brell-Cokcan, and Jakob [Akademischer Betreuer] [Beetz. "Interconnecting design knowledge and construction by utilizing adaptability and configurability in robotics : mediating digital information from architectural design to construction through parametric design intent based robot programming / Sven Christoph Stumm ; Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, Jakob Beetz." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1210862956/34.
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Zabala, Mejia Andres Oswaldo. "Developing a grading tool for sustainable design of structural systems in buildings." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-177388.
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Construction is known for consuming large quantities of raw materials and high amounts of energy. In 2018, the construction industry was responsible for 6% of global energy consumption, 11% of global CO2 emissions, and approximately 36% of the total waste in the European Union. These drawbacks are just a part of the gap between the construction sector and Sustainability, which can also be perceived as challenges to the industry and demands for new and innovative strategies to increase Sustainability. For example, recent efforts of EcoDesign on structural systems show a trend in the importance of materials efficiency, durability, adaptability, and reuse. This thesis aims to create a set of guidelines that will help designers and other construction stakeholders apply Design for Deconstruction and Adaptability DfD/A principles to increase the knowledge of how structural design and structural systems in buildings can be designed to promote Sustainability. For this purpose, a grading tool to assess structural systems based on the ISO 20887 was developed. The general methodology for this research was adapted from Design Research Methodology with a particular focus on the Product Development approach for the tool development. A literature Review was conducted in both scientific and grey literature to identify relevant information and current efforts on sustainable design of structural systems and application of DfD/A principles on the construction sector. Three additional methods for data collection were used: (1) questionnaire for identification of customer needs and expectations, (2) benchmarking to identify similar tools, strategies, and certifications systems that include sustainability performance in buildings; and (3) workshops with the purpose to rate the usefulness quality of the tool based on the application of the tool by potential users in different case studies. A ready-to-use computer-based EcoDesign tool was developed. The assessment performed by this tool consists of an indicator system of DfD/A strategies to enhance sustainable development by improving material efficiency and stimulate a circular economy in the construction sector. A top-down approach was used for the concept generation, which starts with the ReBuilding Index as an indicator of sustainable performance for structural systems. This index is based on five categories defined on the relationship of the DfD/A principles with the design process of the structural system. A total of 20 principles are distributed in these categories, defined by 54 strategies to reach the goal of the principles. The tool was tested by 11 potential users with different roles in the construction sector. Five case studies were selected to grade the design of five different typologies of structural systems. The usefulness quality of the tool was evaluated based on indicators of usability, utility, and user experience. It was found that developing the tool based on DfD/A principles and the ISO 20887 gave the tool a solid theoretical background and a flexible structure that can be used for sustainable design or as part of an extensive framework of certification systems or ecolabel programs. The tool accomplishes the goal of grading and helping to improve the structural design. However, during the evaluation of the tool, many barriers and difficulties of application were found. Therefore, these findings and obstacles are instead identified as challenges and turn them into opportunities for improvements in future versions of the tool.InFutUReWood project
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Boleta, Mariana Martins. "Bagagem e mobilidade. Objecto para transporte de bagagem - utilizadores dos 18 aos 26 anos." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Arquitetura de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/5801.
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Rah-Khem, Shabazz A. "DEALING WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: THE MIDDLE MANAGERS’ ROLE IN CONTRIBUTING TO PLANNED AND EMERGENT CHANGE." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1504813145895963.
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Hancke, Yolene. "Die waarde van lewensontwerpberading vir 'n adolessent wat hakkel." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25513.
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Om ’n beroepskeuse te maak of oor ’n (nuwe) beroep te besluit, is op sigself ’n oefening wat geweldige emosionele insig, krag en volwassenheid verg. Indien hierdie belangrike besluit geneem moet word deur ’n adolessent wat boonop hakkel, verg dit soveel me er innerlike sterkte. Vir so ’n jongmens is dit ’n enorme taak om ’n beeld van hom-/haarself in die toekoms te projekteer en besluite rakende ’n beroep en/of loopbaan te neem. Om te hakkel beïnvloed ongetwyfeld ’n adolessent se toekomsvisie en - planne. Benewens die feit dat die siening van die self in die hede aangepas moet word om ruimte te laat vir hakkel as ’n persoonlikheidseienskap en besluite wat dit behels en beïnvloed, moet die betrokke adolessent ook hierdie beeld op so ʼn wyse kan aanpas dat die self suksesvol in die toekoms geprojekteer kan word. Dit is die primêre doelwit van die onderhawige studie om vas te stel watter waarde lewensontwerpberading inhou vir ’n adolessent wat hakkel, en die studie word onderneem teen die agtergrond van beide die sisteemteorie en die sosiale konstruktivisme ten einde die navorser te help om op die ervaring van die deelnemer binne sy unieke konteks te fokus. Die studie is spesifiek gerig op die belewingswêreld van die adolessent wat hakkel. Ten einde die subjektiewe en diverse ervarings van die deelnemer beter te begryp, het ek ondersoek gedoen na die wyse waarop adolessente oor die algemeen (en my deelnemer in die besonder) deur middel van interaksie met ander (en die omgewing) deur die lens van die sosiale konstruktivisme vir hulself betekenis skep. Ek het vanuit ʼn kwalitatiewe paradigma gewerk en ʼn gevalstudie gedoen waar die eenheid van ondersoek ʼn adolessent was wat hakkel. My studie het gefokus op aanpasbaarheid as ’n element van hierdie adolessent se lewensontwerp, maar dan spesifiek ook op die wyse waarop die vier kerndimensies van aanpasbaarheid in sy lewe voltrek, te wete beroepsbelang, beroepsbeheer, beroepsnuuskierigheid en beroepselfvertroue. Ek het oorkoepelend ondersoek ingestel na die waarde van lewensontwerpberading in terme van die betekenisgewing (meaning making) en ‘heelwording’ (becoming more whole) van hierdie deelnemer as ’n persoon wat hakkel. ENGLISH : Making a career choice or deciding about a (new) career/job is an exercise that in itself already requires significant emotional insight, command and maturity. When this important decision is to be made by an adolescent who also stutters, this requires so much more inner strength. For such a youth it is a gigantic task to project an image of him/herself into the future and to make decisions concerning a future job/career. To stutter, unquestionably influences a person’s future vision and plans. Not only does it require an adaptation of the view of the self in the present to make space for this personality trait and the decisions that will influence and concern it, but the adolescent who stutters also will have to adjust this image of the self in order to successfully project the self into the future. It is the primary goal of this study to investigate the value of life design counselling for an adolescent who stutters and it is done against the background of both the systems theory and social constructivism in order to help the researcher to focus on the experience of the participant within his unique context. The study is specifically the world of experience of the adolescent who stutters. In order to better understand the subjective and diverse experiences of the participant, I investigated through the lens of social constructivism the way in which adolescents in general (and my participant in particular) created meaning through interaction with others (and the environment). I worked from a qualitative paradigm and conducted a case study where the unit of investigation was an adolescent who stutters. My study focused on adaptability as an element of this adolescent’s life design, but then specifically on the way that the four core dimensions of adaptability, that is career concern, career control, career curiosity and career confidence, manifest themselves in his life. I conducted an overall investigation into the value that life design counselling holds for the participant as a person who stutters in terms of his making meaning of life and becoming more whole as a person.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Silva, Cláudia Sampaio Corrêa da. "Impactos e processos de mudança no aconselhamento de carreira fundamentado no paradigma life-design." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/157656.
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Esta tese teve como objetivo compreender impactos e processos de mudança relacionados com o aconselhamento de carreira a estudantes universitários. Desenvolveu-se um modelo de atendimento construtivista narrativo, fundamentado no Paradigma Life-Design, com duração média de dez sessões individuais em periodicidade semanal. O primeiro estudo investigou se a intervenção seria capaz de promover impactos em adaptabilidade de carreira, sentido de vida e nas narrativas autobiográficas dos clientes (em reflexão autobiográfica e em valência afetiva das narrativas), valendo-se de um delineamento quase-experimental. O segundo e o terceiro estudos buscaram compreender a relação entre os impactos do atendimento com os processos de mudança narrativa, avaliados com o Modelo dos Momentos de Inovação nas sessões, em dois estudos de caso com características diferenciadas. Os resultados do primeiro estudo indicaram que a intervenção foi efetiva na promoção de recursos de adaptabilidade de preocupação, controle, curiosidade e confiança, bem como em dimensões de desenvolvimento de carreira com aproximação conceitual à adaptabilidade, como identidade profissional, decisão de carreira, planejamento de carreira e autoeficácia profissional. Ainda, os participantes da intervenção demonstraram aumento significativo na dimensão de presença de sentido de vida e diminuição na saliência afetiva negativa na forma como narravam as suas histórias de vida. Nenhuma mudança significativa foi constatada em relação ao grupo de comparação, formado por estudantes que não participaram de qualquer atendimento no mesmo período. Os estudos de caso possibilitaram compreender os impactos de forma integrada aos processos de mudança, evidenciando que desfechos positivos do aconselhamento de carreira estiveram associados a padrões de momentos de inovação de complexificação crescente ao longo do processo, e pela presença de momentos de inovação de reflexão sobre a mudança e de reconceitualização. Esses dois tipos de inovação se apresentaram de forma diferenciada em cada um dos casos, que também se diferenciaram quanto aos impactos do processo em reflexão autobiográfica. Abordam-se as conexões entre o processo de reflexão autobiográfica e esses tipos de momentos de inovação. Além disso, estabelecem-se relações entre as diferentes características dos clientes quanto às suas demandas e etapas de desenvolvimento psicossocial com os impactos e processos de mudança no atendimento. Por fim, são traçadas implicações para a teoria, a pesquisa e a prática do aconselhamento de carreira.This dissertation aimed to understand outcomes and change processes associated with a career counseling intervention targeted at university students. A constructivist narrative model of career counseling, based on Life-Design Paradigm, was developed and delivered individually, in approximately 10 sessions, once a week. The first study investigated the outcomes of the intervention in career adaptability, meaning in life and clients’ autobiographical narratives (in autobiographical reasoning and emotional valence), using a quasi-experimental design. The second and the third studies aimed to understand the relation between the outcomes of the intervention and narrative change processes, assessed through the innovative moments model in the sessions. These studies were conducted with two clients with different characteristics. Results from the first study showed that the intervention was effective in promoting career adaptability resources of concern, control, curiosity and confidence, as well as career development dimensions that have conceptual proximity to adaptability, as professional identity, career decision, career planning and professional self-efficacy. Participants also demonstrated a significant increase in the dimension of presence of meaning in life, and a significant decrease in negative emotional salience used to narrate their life stories. No significant change was observed in the comparison group, constituted by students that were not participating in interventions at the same period. The case studies contributed to an integrated understanding of outcomes and processes of change, showing that positive outcomes in career counseling are associated with a pattern of progressive complexification of innovative moments during the process, and with the presence of reflection about change and reconceptualization innovative moments. These types of innovation differed from one case to the other, and different outcomes related to autobiographical reasoning were also observed. Connections between the process of autobiographical reasoning and these types of innovative moments are addressed. In addition, relations between client’s demands and psychosocial developmental characteristics with the outcomes and processes of change during career counseling are delineated. Finally, implications for theory, research and intervention are outlined.
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Kamruzzaman, Hasan. "Pathway to a sustainable building: JM and SKB at Stockholm Royal Seaport : With focus on energy efficiency; technical design of roof, wall, window, basement and adaptability with climate change." Thesis, KTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-205589.
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Emzivat, Yrvann. "Safety System Architecture for the Design of Dependable and Adaptable Autonomous Vehicles." Thesis, Ecole centrale de Nantes, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018ECDN0009.
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L’automatisation de la tâche de conduite s’inscrit dans un contexte de développement d’une mobilité durable. Il s’agit d’une solution prometteuse qui pourrait bien contribuer à la création de nouveaux moyens de transports sûrs et respectueux de l’environnement. Cependant, concevoir un véhicule autonome reste un défi majeur. C’est pour cette raison qu’il incombe aujourd’hui à l’utilisateur de reprendre le contrôle du véhicule à chaque fois que les circonstances s’y prêtent. Il semble pourtant peu judicieux de confier une telle responsabilité à un être humain dont l’implication dans la tâche de conduite est moindre. Les travaux menés dans le cadre de cette thèse portent sur la conception de véhicules autonomes agiles et sûrs. C’est plus précisément le développement d’un système capable de gérer de potentielles défaillances seul, d’élaborer des stratégies de repli par lui-même et de s’adapter à un environnement complexe qui est abordé iciDriving automation is often presented as a viable solution to the prevailing challenges of sustainable mobility. It has the potential to create a paradigm shift in transportation technology, by providing a medium for cleaner, safer and more efficient means of transportation, while providing a better user experience overall. However, designing a dependable Automated Driving System is a challenge in itself. Current systems lack common sense and have trouble behaving in a truly cautionary manner, which is why a fallback-ready user is expected to take over in the event of a performance-relevant system failure affecting the dynamic driving task. Yet it seems unwise to rely on human drivers to act as a safety net for the purpose of offsetting the lack of maturity of Automated Driving Systems, for automation changes their active involvement into a monitoring role and creates new challenges, such as complacency, automation dependency, lack of understanding and misuse. The work places emphasis on the design of dependable and adaptable Automated Driving Systems. In particular, the thesis addresses the problem of designing a new ADS primary subsystem, whose role it is to monitor the state of the ADS, supervise its actions and respond as needed to guarantee the safety of its occupants and of others
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Kasarová, Dominika. "Design pracovního exoskeletonu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-417057.
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Salvador, Cristina Maria Marques Batista. "Mobiliário doméstico infantil." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18495.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Design, com a especialização em Design de Produto apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Doutor.Esta investigação em design foca-se no bem-estar da criança e no mundo material envolvente. Tem como objectivos gerais, contribuir para uma melhor adequação do mobiliário à criança, potenciando um aumento do tempo útil de vida do produto e a sustentabilidade; melhorar o ambiente material infantil, tornando-o mais atractivo, saudável e sustentável. E como objectivos específicos, a procura de um conhecimento aprofundado acerca destas matérias, levando-o à prática num projeto de mobiliário doméstico infantil, mais concretamente, de uma cadeira alta para crianças dos 6 meses aos 7 anos, de modo a encontrar soluções mais confortáveis, mais estáveis aos níveis físico e psicológico e que contribuam para o desenvolvimento sustentável; a disponibilização da informação aos profissionais do sector, através de uma disseminação activa. Nesta investigação, foi utilizada uma metodologia mista de base qualitativa, embora com alguns dados quantitativos. Numa 1ª fase, foi feita a contextualização histórico-teórica através de crítica literária e foram conduzidas entrevistas exploratórias a progenitores e crianças. Foi desenvolvido um estudo de casos, com 10 exemplos deste tipo de equipamentos, disponíveis no mercado actual. Foi também realizado um estudo com crianças do ensino pré-escolar, utilizando a cadeira Tripp Trapp® da marca Stokke®, Noruega. Numa 2ª fase, empírica, foram conduzidas entrevistas a especialistas em design, produção, saúde e segurança infantil, bem como uma pesquisa acerca de materiais e tecnologias, recorrendo a contactos com a indústria. Em paralelo, decorreu a 3ª fase, também empírica, essencialmente de projecto e prototipagem de uma cadeira infantil, que se pretende, seja viável em termos produtivos, resolvendo os problemas identificados e apresente baixo impacte ambiental. Ao longo da investigação foi levada a cabo uma disseminação activa, que resultou em vários contributos e em significativa produção científica publicada. Os dois protótipos de cadeira alta infantil e um protótipo de almofada de conforto (para a produção do qual, foi estabelecida uma parceria com a empresa TintexTextiles), foram avaliados por um grupo de amostra de utilizadores directos e indirectos (crianças de várias idades e progenitores) e por um painel de especialistas, de modo a identificar falhas e/ou lacunas, levando a reformulações no projecto, regressando à hipótese ou argumento. Assim foi possível concluir, através de um projecto de design de produto optimizado para crianças, que é possível uma maior adaptação ao crescimento infantil, através de soluções que contribuam para a sustentabilidade. Esta investigação em design deixa também recomendações para futuras investigações.
ABSTRACT: This research project is focused in the child's wellbeing and in the surrounding material world. Its overall objectives are, to contribute to a better adaptation of furniture to the child, leading to an extension of the average lifespan of products and to sustainability; create a better material environment for children, making it more attractive, healthy and sustainable. Its specific goals are, the search for a more profound understanding about this issues, taking it into practice in a project of children's home furniture, more specifically, of a high chair for children aged 6 months up to 7 years, in order to find solutions physically and psychologically more confortable and stable, which can contribute to sustainable development; the provision of information to professionals in this sector, through an active dissemination. In this research it was used a mixed methodology mainly qualitative, although with some quantitative data. In its first phase, a theorical-historical contextualization was made through literary review and exploratory interviews to parents and children were conducted. A case study was developed, with 10 examples of high chair models, available in the current market. A study with pre-school children was also made, with the Tripp Trapp® chair, from Stokke® brand, Norway. In a second and empirical phase, interviews to experts in design, production, health and child's safety were conducted, as well as a research about materials and technologies, using contacts with the industry. Meanwhile, a third phase was being developed, also empirical, essentially consisting of project and prototyping of a children's high chair, which is intended to be feasible in a productive level, solving the identified problems and with low environmental impact. Throughout this investigation, an active dissemination was lead, resulting in several contributions for this research with significant essay writing and publication. The two high chair prototypes and one comfort cushion (made in partnership with the textile company TintexTextiles), were evaluated by a sample group of direct and indirect users (children of several age groups and parents) and by an experts' panel, in order to identify problems and/or gaps, leading to reformulations of the project, also returning to the hypothesis or argument. It was possible to conclude, through an optimized design product for children, that it is possible to achieve a greater adaptation to the child's development, with solutions, which can contribute to sustainability. This research also leaves recommendations for future research.
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Gil, Pascual Miriam. "Adapting Interaction Obtrusiveness: Making Ubiquitous Interactions Less Obnoxious. A Model Driven Engineering approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/31660.
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La Computaci'on Ubicua plantea proveer de inteligencia a nuestros entornos ofreciendo servicios a los usuarios que permitan ayudarlos en su
vida cotidiana. Con la inclusi'on de dispositivos ubicuos en nuestra vida
(por ejemplo los dispositivos m'oviles), los usuarios hemos pasado a estar siempre conectados al entorno, pudiendo interactuar con el. Sin embargo, a diferencia de las interacciones de escritorio tradicionales donde
los usuarios eran quienes ped'¿an informaci'on o introduc'¿an datos, las
interacciones ubicuas tienen que lidiar con un entorno de los usuarios
variable, demandando uno de los recursos mas valiosos para los usuarios: la atenci'on humana. De esta forma, un reto en el paradigma de
computaci'on ubicua es regular las peticiones de atenci'on del usuario.
Esto implica que las interacciones de los servicios deber'¿an comportarse
de una manera ¿considerada¿ teniendo en cuenta el grado en que cada
servicio se inmiscuye en la mente del usuario (el nivel de molestia).
Partiendo de las bases de la Ingenier'¿a Dirigida por Modelos (MDE)
y de los principios de la Computaci'on Considerada, esta tesis se orienta a dise¿nar y desarrollar servicios que sean capaces de adaptar sus
interacciones de acuerdo a la atenci'on del usuario en cada momento. El
principal objetivo de esta tesis es introducir capacidades de adaptaci'on
considerada en los servicios ubicuos para proporcionar interacciones que
no perturben al usuario. Esto lo conseguimos mediante un proceso de desarrollo que cubre desde el dise¿no de los servicios hasta su implementaci'on, centr'andose en los requisitos de adaptaci'on de la interacci'on
particulares para cada usuario.
Para el dise¿no del comportamiento de la interacci'on en base al nivel
de molestia se han de¿nido unos modelos de intromisi'on e interacci'on
independientes de la tecnolog'¿a. Estos modelos son los que posteriormente conducen la adaptaci'on de la interacci'on din'amicamente, por
medio de una infraestructura aut'onoma que los usa en tiempo de ejecuci'on. Esta infraestructura es capaz de detectar cambios en la situaci'on
del usuario (por ejemplo cambios en su localizaci'on, su actividad, etc.)
y planear y ejecutar modi¿caciones en la interacci'on de los servicios.
Cuando se detecta un cambio del contexto del usuario, los servicios se
auto-adaptan para usar los componentes de interacci'on m'as apropiados
de acuerdo a la nueva situaci'on y no molestar al usuario.
Adem'as, como las necesidades y preferencias de los usuarios pueden
cambiar con el tiempo, nuestra aproximaci'on utiliza la estrategia del
aprendizaje por refuerzo para ajustar los modelos de dise¿no iniciales de
forma que maximicemos la experiencia del usuario. El dise¿no inicial
de la interacci'on basado en el nivel de molestia nos asegura un comportamiento inicial consistente con las necesidades de los usuarios en
ese momento. Luego, este dise¿no se va re¿nando de acuerdo al comportamiento y preferencias de cada usuario por medio de su retroalimentaci'on a trav'es de la experiencia de uso. Adem'as, tambi'en proporcionamos una interfaz m'ovil que permite a los usuarios ¿nales personalizarse de forma manual los modelos en base a sus propias preferencias.
El trabajo presentado en esta tesis se ha llevado a la pr'actica para su
evaluaci'on desde el punto de vista de los dise¿nadores y de los usuarios
¿nales. Por una parte, el m'etodo de dise¿no se ha validado para comprobar que ayuda a los dise¿nadores a especi¿car este tipo de servicios. Pese
a que el proceso de desarrollo no ofrece una automatizaci'on completa,
las gu'¿as ofrecidas y la formalizaci'on de los conceptos implicados ha demostrado ser 'util a la hora de desarrollar servicios cuya interacci'on es
no molesta. Por otra parte, la adaptaci'on de la interacci'on en base al
nivel de molestia se ha puesto en pr'actica con usuarios para evaluar su
satisfacci'on con el sistema y su experiencia de usuario. Esta validaci'on ha desvelado la importancia de considerar los aspectos de molestia en
el proceso de adaptaci'on de la interacci'on para ayudar a mejorar la
experiencia de usuario.In Ubiquitous Computing environments, people are surrounded by a lot of embedded services. Since ubiquitous devices, such as mobile phones, have become a key part of our everyday life, they enable users to be always connected to the environment and interact with it. However, unlike traditional desktop interactions where users are used to request for information or input data, ubiquitous interactions have to face with variable user¿s environment, making demands on one of the most valuable resources of users: human attention. A challenge in the Ubiquitous Computing paradigm is regulating the request for user¿s attention. That is, service interactions should behave in a considerate manner by taking into account the degree in which each service intrudes the user¿s mind (i.e., the obtrusiveness degree). In order to prevent service behavior from becoming overwhelming, this work, based on Model Driven Engineering foundations and the Considerate Computing principles, is devoted to design and develop services that adapt their interactions according to user¿s attention. The main goal of the present thesis is to introduce considerate adaptation capabilities in ubiquitous services to provide non-disturbing interactions. We achieve this by means of a systematic method that covers from the services¿ design to their implementation and later adaptation of interaction at runtime
Gil Pascual, M. (2013). Adapting Interaction Obtrusiveness: Making Ubiquitous Interactions Less Obnoxious. A Model Driven Engineering approach [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/31660
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Maley, Lejla Bilal. "Teaming at a Distance: The Work Experience on Global Virtual Teams." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588265024091539.
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Matos, Débora da Silva Motta. "Exploring hierarchy, adaptability and 3D in NoCs for the next generation of MPSoCs." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/94764.
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A demanda por sistemas com elevado desempenho tem trazido a necessidade de aumentar o número de elementos de processamento, surgindo os chamados Sistemas em Chip Multiprocessados (MPSoCs). Além disso, com a possibilidade de redução da escala tecnológica na era submicrônica, permitindo a integração de vários dispositivos, os chips têm se tornado ainda mais complexos. No entanto, com o aumento no número de elementos de processamento, as interconexões são vistas com o principal gargalo dos sistemas-em-chip. Com isso, uma preocupação na forma como tais elementos se comunicam e estão interconectados tem sido levantada, uma vez que tais características são cruciais nos aspectos de desempenho, energia e potência, principalmente em sistemas embarcados. Essa necessidade permitiu o advento das redes-em-chip (Networks-on-Chip – NoCs) e inúmeros estudos já foram realizados para tais dispositivos. No entanto, devido ao aceleramento tecnológico atual, que traz a necessidade por sistemas ainda mais complexos, que consumam baixa energia e que permitam que as aplicações sejam constantemente atualizadas sem perder as características de desempenho, as arquiteturas de interconexão tradicionais não serão suficientes para satisfazer tais desafios. Outras alternativas de interconexão para MPSoCs precisam ser investigadas e nesse trabalho novas arquiteturas para NoCs com tais requisitos são apresentadas. As soluções propostas exploram hierarquia, adaptabilidade e interconexões em três dimensões. Esse trabalho aborda a necessidade do uso de diferentes estratégias em NoCs a fim de atingir os requisitos de desempenho e baixo consumo de potência dos atuais e futuros MPSoCs. Dessa forma, serão verificadas as diversas arquiteturas de interconexões para sistemas heterogêneos, sua escalabilidade, suas principais características e as vantagens das propostas apresentadas sobre as demais soluções.The demand for systems with high performance has brought the need to increase the number of cores, emerging the called Multi-Processors System-on-Chip (MPSoCs). Also, with the shrinking feature size in deep-submicron era, allowing the integration of several devices, chips have become even more complex. However, with the increase in these elements, interconnections are seen as the main bottleneck in many core systemson- chip. With this, a concern about how these devices communicate and are interconnected has been raised, since these features are crucial for the performance, energy and power consumption aspects, mainly in embedded systems. This need allows the advent of the Networks-on-Chip (NoCs) and countless studies had already been done to analyze such interconnection devices. However, due to the current technological accelerating that brings the need for even more complex systems, consuming lower energy and providing constant application updates without losing performance features, traditional interconnect architectures will not be sufficient to satisfy such challenges. Other interconnecting alternatives for MPSoCs need to be investigated and in this work, novel architectures for NoCs meeting such requirements are presented. The proposed solutions explore hierarchy, adaptability and three dimensional interconnections. This work approaches the requirements in the use of different strategies for NoCs in order to reach the performance requisites and low power consumption of the current and future MPSoCs. Hence, in this approach, several interconnection architectures for heterogeneous systems, their scalability and the main features and advantages of the proposed strategies in comparison with others will be verified.
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Ventura, Rodà Oriol. "Tipologies, composicions i adaptabilitat dels sistemes modulars en espais contract." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/308319.
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La Tesis doctoral plantea cinco enfoques para determinar aquellas capacidades que hacen que el mobiliario destinado a colectividades y en concreto de espacios de trabajo tenga la capacidad de adaptarse a varias situaciones, usos y espacios.
Por ello la investigación muestra en primer término: la necesidad de cambio y los momentos en la que esta aparece en un espacio de trabajo operacional. En segundo lugar: la capacidad modular que tienen los objetos, entendiendo esta como una propiedad esencial para la adaptabilidad. Un tercer enfoque, donde a partir de la elaboración de una base de datos con los programas de los principales fabricantes de mobiliario de oficina de este país se determinan sus capacidades de adaptabilidad. Una base de datos abierta de 274 referencias a partir de la cual se podrán en un futuro introducir los campos de estudio que se consideren necesarios. En cuarto lugar la tesis propone un modelo de zonificación de los espacios de trabajo no asistencial del Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona, que da respuesta a la demanda de innovación expuesta por el propio hospital en el contexto del programa dRD del Barcelona design innovation cluster. Finalmente la investigación concluye con un manual para el diseño de mobiliario adaptable, donde se resumen un conjunto de características para dotar al mobiliario de la capacidad de adaptarse a varias situaciones y espacios. Una investigación vinculada a la producción en el marco del diseño de mobiliario y zonificación de espacios de trabajo.
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Boyle, Iain Mackinnon. "CAFixD: A case-based reasoning method for fixture design." Link to electronic dissertation, 2006. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-050406-131631/.
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Chen, Li-Sha, and 陳莉莎. "Adaptability Strategy Applied to Architectural Design." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9xmuzq.
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In the context of rapid development of the times, how to make buildings to adapt to urban development has become the core issue of the future architects. Adaptability strategy is the adaptation of architecture to meet people’s needs which are progressive development, and adapt to the modern urban environment. The strategy not only provides an effective design method for urban planning and architectural space concept, but also builds a dialogue bridge between traditional culture and modern design. To enable the buildings change with the times and society, which achieves the possibility of spatial function transformed and architectural culture that is coordinated with the modern environment. Accomplish the highly fit between architecture and environment. This thesis summarizes the concept of adaptability strategy, which is based on the life style changes and regional cultural crisis, integrated the design strategy of spatial function adaptability and regional cultural adaptability by literature review and cases analysis, and consider how to apply to architecture design. Ultimately, verify the feasibility of strategy by design conducting and exercises, providing the design modes and design thinking of adaptive architectural to related researcher.
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吳俊興. "Design of Highly Adaptability in Environment for Solar Energy." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19092112436238957253.
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Design of sunlight tracing platform for solar energy which makes the largest electric power in the solar energy board. The green energy in a short of global resources day by day is more important and it is also general used in the environment now. Due to the solar energy board was placed in a single position, the sunlight rises in the west and falls in the east within one day,because the earth revolve round the sun relation of track even,every year will summer north the east winter south,it is stiff and unable to produce the greatest power generating benefit to cause the solar energy. When the sunlight is close to shining the solar energy vertically stiffly,it can produce the largest power generating electric current that the solar energy is stiff,last each it two axle platform of the position controls so this research,and more cooperate design have it is be all to track to circuit,it become a each sunlight tracking platform for solar energy. The power generating benefit of the platform that the solar energy after finishing generates electricity,is higher than much more than the power generating benefit of the single regular position,and generation increases and exceeds 30%,show the solar energy of the high adaptability of this research generates electricity in the platform,can improve the stiff power generating benefit of solar energy effectively,the permanent use and long-term development of the environment of resources can be benefited to some extent. Keywords：Solar Energy、Sunlight Tracing or Tracking the Light turns towards
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Nkambule, Temnotfo Lenhle Cartland. "The career adaptability of a young Swazi woman." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30467.
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In this study the researcher explores the career adaptability needs of a young woman in Swaziland. The study is driven by the work of Hackett and Betz (1981) and the Career Counselling Approach of Savickas (1993, 1997,&2009). Hackett and Betz (1981) postulate that women’s career development is hindered largely as a result of socialization experiences. A number of academics and practitioners assert that career adaptability is a key competency for career success (Hartung; Hirschi, 2009; O’Connell, McNeely&Hall 2008), hence the focus in this study on career adaptability through a qualitative research approach employing a case study design. In a bid to yield an up to date and inclusive personality and career profile of the participant, the following data collection techniques were utilised: Career Adaptability Questionnaire, career-story interview, semi-structured follow-up interviews, Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Career Interest Profile, Values Scales, observations and a researcher journal. The results were then be analysed and interpreted quantitatively and QUALITATIVELY. Swaziland has established her own rules based on widely accepted and held values, beliefs and meanings (Daly, 2001). These views, beliefs and meanings have a strong influence on women’s place in society and in the workplace. In fact, a number of interrelated factors influence the way in which Swazi women are treated in Swaziland. Given this long-standing heritage, Swazi society has become accustomed to male control and decision making over family, traditional and societal issues (Daly, 2001). The research includes recommendations for career counselling practice and training as well as research and policy development appropriate to the cultural context of Swaziland that in many respects typifies most developing Africa countries.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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"Reviewing slab type public housing of Hong Kong: new prototype design for adaptability." 2005. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892312.
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Wong Chi Kit."Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2004-2005, design report."
Chapter PART 00 --- INTRODUCTION
Chapter PART 01 --- RESEARCH: Outdoor Space Definition
Chapter a. --- collection of Hong Kong Public Housing Estate
Chapter b. --- timeline of development
Chapter c. --- typology study
Chapter d. --- case study
Chapter PART 02 --- DESIGN: New Prototype Design for Adaptibility
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Symington, Claire. "The effect of life-design counselling on the career adaptability of learners in an independent school setting." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44251.
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The future work force will be expected to transition from the familiarity of their school environment into an unfamiliar and unstable career world. Organisational changes have shifted the terms of employment from an employee practicing a life-long vocation to now becoming part of a contingent work force. This infers that employees may have to forfeit their reliance on the company to shape their identity development in lieu of self-management. The acknowledgement of these changes has created a ripple effect in the career counselling field as career practitioners increasingly begin to experience the limitations of traditional career approaches in addressing their clients’ evolving career needs. Subsequently, a post-modern framework to career counselling has been introduced to guide career counselling practices in the 21st century. My study focused on the use of two such approaches, namely life-design counselling and career adaptability.
This study was based on a socio-constructivist paradigm, which had developed from an interpretivist worldview. The nature of my research study lent itself well to a collective case study, which involved the participation of five learners from an independent school context in a major South African city. Qualitative data collection, analysis and interpretation techniques were used to explore the effect of life-design counselling on the career adaptability of the afore-mentioned participants. Prior to attending eight group-based life-design counselling sessions, the participants were asked to attend an individual pre-interview. They were also asked to participate in a post-interview upon completion of the last-mentioned sessions.
The identified themes generated from the qualitative data collected were as follows: responses related to career adaptability and the related sub-skills based on the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) (Savickas & Porfeli, 2012:357); family/significant others’ influences; financial and economic considerations; components related to emotional intelligence (Bar-On, 2007); adolescent development; school life; childhood dreams, and reflection on the process of life-design counselling. Findings suggest that the participants from my study appeared to benefit from the implementation of a life-design counselling intervention aimed at improving their career adaptability. With this study I aimed to contribute to the field of career counselling by highlighting the specific factors that were likely to influence the career trajectory of the five participants and to demonstrate the positive effect of life-design counselling on their career adaptability. Recommendations have also been made for further research and practice.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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Coelho, Carolina da Graça Cúrdia Lourenço. "Life within architecture from design process to space use. Adaptability in school buildings today – A methodological approach." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/86931.
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PhD Thesis in Architecture presented to the Department of Architecture,
Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of CoimbraAcknowledging school space as an enabler of the teaching and learning process, this research proposes to problematise the relevance of space use in the learning environments as a variable to be introduced in the design and spatial adaptability as a possibility of enhancing that use. Adaptability copes with the changes brought by the rapid developments from the pedagogical practices, the curricular options and the information technology, enabling a more lived educational space, which allocates more diverse activities and users, within a longer lifecycle. Despite having been previously studied, namely in the 1970s, adaptability in school buildings today translates itself onto the current spatial and technical requirements guided by the contemporary pedagogical practices and a more independent and creative student profile. Therefore, this research intends to identify how the concept of adaptability in the 21st century secondary schools is understood and configured and to define a methodology able to observe and describe the condition of adaptability within this context. The original methodological approach presented aims to assess the schools’ ability to cope with the pedagogical and social evolving needs and to conclude on the design attributes that potentially enhance adaptability, for a more lasting and effective building performance. It systematically introduces procedures from different epistemological provinces, providing a more extensive analysis on the building’s description for a more supported retrieval of its adaptability potential, sequentially as: description of the spatial sample, functional and morphological, informing on how it supports activity allocation; description of all possible activity allocations, informing on the pedagogical potential of each educational environment; description of effective events, informing on actual behaviour and spatial appropriation on the school; and description of the potential correlations amongst each stage and transversally on all these variables. This last milestone enables the retrieval of the school’s adaptability. As a case study this research assesses space use in a Portuguese contemporary artistic school, as a hub for a broader school community and a wider range of uses, amongst which the defined methodology will be tested and calibrated. Finally, the milestones of the proposed methodology are assessed and their results correlated, in order to understand potential similarities and variances that might be specific of its application onto the case study, or that might imply more general correlations between spatial morphology, entropy and effective spatial fruition. Conclusions also lie on their respective implications towards adaptability, acknowledging them both in the design and during the school’s fruition and recognising potential pedagogical, social and cultural changes that might convey life and learning within a school environment.
Ao entender o espaço da escola como potenciador do processo de ensino-aprendizagem, propomo-nos problematizar a importância da utilização do espaço em ambiente escolar como variável para o processo de projecto e a adaptabilidade espacial como forma de promover esse uso. A adaptabilidade visa a acomodação da mudança provocada pelos rápidos desenvolvimentos das práticas pedagógicas, das opções curriculares e da tecnologia de informação, permitindo assim um espaço educativo mais vivido, que alberga actividades e utilizadores mais diversos, num ciclo de vida mais extenso. Apesar de anteriormente estudada, particularmente nos anos de 1970, a adaptabilidade nos edifícios escolares de hoje traduz as actuais exigências espaciais e técnicas, balizadas por práticas pedagógicas contemporâneas e por um perfil de aluno mais independente e criativo. Pretende-se, assim, identificar como se considera e configura este conceito nas escolas secundárias do século XXI e definir uma metodologia capaz de observar e descrever a condição de adaptabilidade adequada a este contexto. A abordagem metodológica original apresentada tem como objectivo aferir a capacidade da escola em responder às contínuas mudanças pedagógicas e sociais e concluir sobre os atributos espaciais que potencialmente promovem a adaptabilidade, para um desempenho mais longo e efectivo do edifício. A metodologia introduz sistematicamente procedimentos de diferentes campos epistemológicos, permitindo uma análise mais completa da descrição do edifício, visando uma conclusão mais suportada quanto à sua adaptabilidade, sequencialmente da seguinte forma: descrição da amostra espacial, funcional e morfológica, informando sobre como esta suporta a alocação espacial; descrição de todas as possíveis alocações de actividades, informando sobre o potencial pedagógico de cada ambiente educativo; descrição da fruição efectiva, informando sobre a experiência e a apropriação do espaço no edifício escolar; e descrição das potenciais correlações em cada etapa e transversalmente entre todas estas variáveis. Esta última etapa permite concluir sobre a adaptabilidade do espaço da escola. Enquanto caso de estudo, avaliar-se-á o uso do espaço numa escola portuguesa artística de hoje, como agregadora de uma comunidade escolar mais ampla e de um leque de usos mais alargado, na qual se irá testar e calibrar a metodologia definida. Por fim, as etapas da metodologia proposta são aferidas e os seus resultados correlacionados, no sentido de perceber semelhanças e variantes que possam ser específicas da sua aplicação no caso de estudo, ou que possam implicar correlações mais gerais entre morfologia do espaço, entropia e fruição espacial efectiva. As conclusões residem também nas suas respectivas implicações para com a adaptabilidade, compreendendo-as tanto em projecto como durante a real fruição da escola e reconhecendo as eventuais mudanças pedagógicas, sociais e culturais que possam pautar a vida e a aprendizagem dentro do edifício escolar.
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Lerotholi, Qefate. "Adaptability in the design of sports facilities: an adaptive re-use of no.3 square grounds, Alexandra, Johannesburg." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26027.
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A research proposal submitted to the faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the
Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment for the degree of
Masters of Architecture (Professional).
09 February 2018This dissertation proposes a humanistic (people oriented) approach to architectural design, placing its residents at the focal point of the design process. It is strongly believed that Alex is highly characterized by its people. They create the animated cultural character of the place and should play a vital role in the design of the new facility being proposed. It suggests a humanistic (people orientated) approach to architectural design, placing residents at the focal point of the design process. The researcher holds that Alexandra Township in north-east Johannesburg is highly characterized by its people who create the animated cultural character of the place and who should therefore play a vital role in the design of the new facility being proposed. Architecture should be able to acknowledge and draw inspiration from its surroundings and provide solutions efficient and flexible enough for interaction between the space created and the end-user. As such, in identifying potential public space, one needs to look at variables and attributes with substantial information for concise interrogation of the chosen area. This proposed research paper (dissertation) will be looking at how a well-designed public space can be of importance within a township characterized by a high population density, crime, poverty and social issues. A need for an efficient and adaptable public space with recreational qualities becomes pertinent in addressing the above-mentioned social issues. The problems of contested space and insufficient land for creation of such public space form part of the two core variables necessary for site selection of this endeavour. At No.3 Square Grounds, located in Alexandra Township, there is an existing under-utilised facility identified as a site for this exercise. To facilitate the spatial design of the required programme a comprehensive and context-driven analysis is used to start the design dialogue between this facility and another empty site located to the south of it. In response to the theories investigated in driving the design of a sport and recreational facility, the possibilities are explored of sport as a tool for social inclusion and integration, adaptive re-use of existing space and response to contextual needs, as well as understanding of the built environment in informal and kinetic cities. The design of the facility aims to provide programmes that will redress social and cultural issues, along with those of academic development. The key to the success of the project includes the promotion of health and wellness for residents of the township, physical activity, social interaction, skills transfer, and recreational amenities. Hence, the potential of sport and recreation as a means of Peace-keeping and self-actualisation within a crime-stricken society is an additional variable to the success of the project as an effective social interactive node. Consequently, the proposed design intervention creates a publicly accessible facility, and a user-friendly environment that promotes urban integration in the civic, educational and residential fabric of Alexandra Township.
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Gamba-Bari, Antonio. "Critical Assessment of Customization Discourse in Information Systems Design." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/25590.
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Some argue that we live in an “information age”; others claim that we live in a “knowledge society”. This research suggests we live in an era of adaptable and customizable widgets in which users are no longer passive receivers of ad hoc technological solutions, but active agents controlling the behaviour, content modalities, and multiple technological layers transforming the representation and interpretation of information. This study adopts a critical perspective and examines the meaning of access to information and the pertinence of customization. Specifically, it analyzes how the ISO standard AccessForAll (ISO/IEC 24751, 2008) conceptualizes the customization of e-learning environments. A qualitative approach and discourse analysis are used as a methodological strategy. The research analyzes responses to ten interviews conducted with a diverse group of participants. This foundation provides for a discussion about the challenges of customization design and recommendations for the future development of adaptive and flexible learning environments.
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Algra, Marlene. "Self-constructing a career : reflection following career adaptability as instructional scaffold." Diss., 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27409.
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South African learners transitioning into the world of work are currently lacking
adequate career education in schools. It is well documented that preparedness for the
world of work sets learners in a locus of control.
The main aim of this case study was to interpret learners’ reflections of selfconstructing
a career with the psychosocial construct of career adaptability as an
instructional scaffold. The study leaned on the life design for career construction
theory, a combination of the career construction theory of Savickas, and the selfconstruction
theory of Guichard. I utilised interpretivism as a research paradigm and
a single case study design. Following purposeful convenience sampling, sixteen
Grade 11 learners in a South African public school participated in Phase 1: a workshop
comprising five sessions. Phase 2 consisted of a focus group interview with eight
learners selected from the original group on their level of contribution and commitment.
Data collection included group reflection, reflective writing, observation, researcher
reflective field notes, and a focus group interview.
Six themes emerged from the thematic analysis of the data. Learners successfully
initiated career planning activities by reflecting on the career adaptability construct.
The research results suggest a need for an alternative approach in the manner career
education is presented in schools. This study hopes to provide insight into career selfconstruction
initiatives learners employ when using the career adaptability construct
as an instructional scaffold.Psychology of Education
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Li, Yi. "Dual Mobile Robot: Adaptable Mobility System." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/65481.
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This thesis presents an adaptive and reconfigurable mobile robot: the Dual Mobile Robot (DMR). It is driven by two adaptive track-wheel driving modules that combine wheels and tracks to allow real-time interchangeability according to terrain condition. The DMR can automatically convert from a wheel-based robot into a track-based robot by rotating the track-wheel driving modules by 90 degrees, either only tracks or wheels contact with the ground without any interference. It can be driven as a wheel-based robot when operating over a paved road to achieve higher speed and low energy consumption, and as a track-based robot over uneven terrain. In addition, unlike most state-of-the-art mobile robot designs that have an integrated architecture, this design provides a modular architecture which allows modifications and upgrades to be performed via simple replacements or local changes of modules.
To establish the modular architecture, this research utilized a unique design paradigm, “Design for product adaptability”. A function-based design process for product adaptability has been conducted in the conceptual design stage. By following the design process, two types of design alternatives of the DMR have been created. After the best product configuration was chosen through evaluation and prioritization, the selected configuration has been implemented by detail design.
The DMR prototype was developed and tested to demonstrate its adaptability and advanced mobility functions in real-world environments. The experimental results successfully validated the hypothesis of the proposed robot with its track-wheel interchangeable ability, significantly exceeding the capability of other existing systems.
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Kooreyshi, Naeem. "The veil : investigating an architecture of mediation : a platform for cultural adaptability & religious transparency in Johannesburg." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9683.
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Wu, I.-Farn, and 吳逸凡. "Design and Implementation of a Real-time Visual Tracking System ased on Adaptability Two-Background Subtraction and Dual-Strategy for Target Search." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94220782616400028877.
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電機工程研究所
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In recent years, the image processing technology has been widely applied to many fields, such as automatic factory and video conferencing, and so on. For instances, we can find application on a robot-arm that can have rightly grabbed the parts on a moving conveyer, or the face tracking system used in a video conferencing. All these applications are made possible using image processing technology. Therefore, it has always been an important issue of research about how to effectively detect moving object in the picture and target-tracking. The Background Subtraction method has extensively employed in movement detection due to the merits of small amount of calculation and favorable detection result. However, if the method is used for detection under sophisticated environment it can not identify the variety of moving object. To solve this problem, the thesis has proposed the use of Temporary Background and Dual Origin Background to detect moving objects. Then, objects are classified into moving object, static object, the background scenery, or fixed scenery. Furthermore, The Dual Background module will be dynamically renewed so as to maintain the accuracy of the result of detection. Besides, Diamond Search, one of the Target Tracking Technologies, is now frequently employed in visual servo system. Nonetheless, the technology can not accurately track the target if the target is covered or moving fast. Therefore, this thesis resorts to the advantage and the characteristic of Full Search method for the Diamond Search to implement target detect to avoid the that target can not be detected accurately when it is coved or moving. This thesis has successfully applied Adaptive Background Subtraction in the outdoor parking lot manage, in which can accurately detect the moving object in long span of time. Moreover, Dual-Strategy for Target Search has implemented in the self-constructed Real-time Visual Tracking System built on a six-axis operation control platform with. This device simulates the scenario of movement or vibration of the vehicles for objects detection.